"Experts believe that it will increase Turkey's continental shelf in eastern Mediterranean by up to 30 percent" and aims to kill Greece and regional partners ambitions to isolate Turkey, he said.
Greece and Turkey have long claimed rights to the oil and gas reserves off the island of Cyprus. In recent months, the tensions escalated with Turkish drilling operations protected by navy ships which led to accusations from Cyprus and EU sanctions.
Turkey is not a signatory to the 1982 United Nations convention regulating maritime boundaries and does not recognize the Republic of Cyprus and its agreements for an exclusive economic zone that were reached with Egypt, Lebanon and Israel.
Turkey says it is operating in the waters on its own continental shelf, or areas where the self-declared "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has rights." Ankara also insists that "the agreement with Libya is in accordance with international law."
Metin Gurcan, a Turkish expert on security affairs, hailed the Turkish-Libyan deal as "an important, timely and comprehensive move" that will have a direct impact on the current geostrategic posture in eastern Mediterranean region.
He indicated that this Turkish diplomatic attack in the Mediterranean should be further strengthened by forming new partnerships in the region in order to break Ankara's "isolation" over this delicate issue which some observers fear that has the potential of triggering an armed conflict.
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